Aerial photographs of the Nashville airport, circa the 1960s. In 1961 officials opened a new 145,900-square-foot terminal with a modern control tower that boasted state-of-the-art electronics. In 1963 the existing runway was extended, and...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An aerial view of Berry Field and the adjacent “Vultee” plant, February, 1946. In 1943, Vultee Aircraft Corporation merged with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). At the end of World War II, the plant in Nashville had a surplus of...

An Air National Guard plane at Berry Field with “TENN-ANG” identifier on the plane’s body. This photo was taken circa 1950 near one of the hangars. Named in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, state administrator of the WPA, Berry Field consisted of...

An Air National Guard hangar at Nashville’s Berry Field circa 1950. Named in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, state administrator of the WPA, Berry Field consisted of a terminal building, two hangars, a 4,000-foot concrete runway and a flashing...

A photograph of the radar service at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee in August 1952. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or...

A celebration at the Nashville Airport in front of the American Airlines Astojet. Pictured left to right are: Judge Beverly Briley, unidentified man, and Mayor Ben West, celebrating the jet flight out of Nashville on June 11th, 1961. The signage...

An aviation hangar at Berry Field airport in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1950. Named in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, state administrator of the WPA, Berry Field consisted of a terminal building, two hangars, a 4,000-foot concrete runway and a...

An aviation hangar at Berry Field airport in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1950. Named in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, state administrator of the WPA, Berry Field consisted of a terminal building, two hangars, a 4,000-foot concrete runway and a...